Attachment for pickle-casters.



PATENTED DEC. 19, 1905.

K. MERGER.

ATTACHMENT FOR PICKLE OASTERS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5 1905 [NVEN TOR KATE MERCER, OF GREELEY,COLORADO.

ATTACHMENT FOR PICKLE-CASTERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1905.

Application filed September 5,1905. Serial No. 277,074.

To all whom it Wm. concern.-

Be it known that I, KATE MERCER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Greeley, in the county of Weld, State of Colorado, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments forPickle-Casters, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an attachment for pickle-casters, andparticularly to a drip-cup adapted to be suspended therefrom to receivethe drippings from the fork or tongs used to remove the pickles.

The invention has for an object to provide a drip-cup having supportingmeans by which the cup may be adjusted at different heights relative tothe length of the pickle fork or tongs used and .adapted to be supportedupon the hook or projection usually provided upon the side of castersfor the reception of said tongs.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will behereinafter set forth, and the novel features thereof defined in theappended claims.

'In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a pickle-caster havingthe invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the dripcupremoved, and Fig. 3 is a plan of said cup.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the severalfigures of the drawings.

The letter A designates a pickle jar or caster of'any desiredconstruction or configuration, preferably provided with the usual handleA, extending from the top thereof, and provided with a supporting hookor projection A upon one side adapted to receive the fork or tongs Aused for removing the pickles from the jar. These tongs may be of anyordinary construction and provided with prongs A at their free ends.

The drip-cup Bis preferably formed of separate members of any desiredconfiguration joined together for instance, of rectangular form, asherein shown, joined at one angle thereof. From this point B of jointurethe two members of the receptacle are provided with a flexiblesupporting member B for instance, a chain, as herein shown, which isconnected to the cup by means of an interposed rod B pivotally securedto the cup and chain, while the opposite free end B of the chain isadapted to engage a ed from the rod B at one side and adapted to engagethe links of the chain, so as to permit the vertical adjustment of thecups relatively to the length of the pickle-tongs used. This supportingstrand or chain passes over the projection A upon which the tongs aresupported, so that the ends A of the latter will rest within the membersof the cup. For the purpose of preventing the swinging of these tongs asthe caster is moved and also providing means by which adhering materialmay be removed from the tongs the cups are provided with cross-wires B,over which the prongs of the tongs are adapted to lie or with which theymay be engaged.

With the use of this invention it will be seen that the drippings ofvinegar or other liquids from the tongs are caught by the cup andprevented from contact with the table upon which the caster stands orfrom falling upon the plated base of the caster, thus preventing injuryto the plating by the acid. It will also be observed that by a properadjustment of the parts the cross-wire of the drip-cups may be broughtin such position that the prongs of the fork or tongs will engage thesame and any swinging movement of the tongs out of the cups preventedwhen the caster is moved or handled.

Having now described my invention and set forth its merits, what Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a pickle caster having supporting means for afork or tongs, of a drip-cup, and means carried by said cup forsupporting it beneath said supporting means adjacent to the lower end ofsaid fork.

2. The combination with a table-caster having a supporting-hook for afork or tongs, of i a drip-cup, means for supporting said cup beneathsaid hook adjacent to the lower end of said fork, and means foradjusting the length of said support relative to said fork.

retaining-hook B extend- 3. An attachment for table-casterscomprislength of said supporting means, and a cross- I ing a pluralityof drip-cups, flexiblesupportrod extending across said cups. ing meansextending therefrom, and means In testimony whereoflafiix mysignature inI carried by said cups for adjusting the length presence of twoWitnesses.

5 of said supporting means.

1 4. An attachment for table-casters compris- KAF'LE MERCER ing aplurality of drip-cups, flexible support- Witnesses: ing means extendingtherefrom, a retaining EMMA L. RIoHEY, hook carried by said cups foradjusting the MRS. H. C. LUTHER.

